If the manufacturer has designed its appliance with provision for cases of self-repair and has given adequate safety instructions so that a user can carry out self-repair, the manufacturer cannot be held liable for damage occurring during self-repair insofar as this damage is linked to clumsiness on the part of the user or the latter’s failure to comply with the product’s repair instructions.
Any technique, including software, the purpose of which is to restrict the consumer’s freedom to install the software or operating systems of their choice on their terminal, at the end of the period provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 217-3, is prohibited, unless it is intended to ensure the compliance of this terminal with the essential requirements mentioned in Article L. 34-9 of the French Post and…
A failure by the operator to provide the information provided for in article L. 411-2 is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.
Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.
Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros: 1° If the falsified or corrupted substance is harmful to human or animal health; 2° If the acts were committed as part of an organised gang.
Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-2 is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.
The violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-2 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros if the adulterated or corrupted food substance is harmful to human or animal health.
The amount of the fines provided for in articles L. 451-1 to L. 451-4 may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.
Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L 451-1 to L. 451-4 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, from holding a public office or carrying out the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or from exercising a commercial…
In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under 1° of article L. 451-2, the court may also order:
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